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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1929
Page
5
Brighton urban Helmick Correspondent reports a Helmick reunion held in Urbana on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Helmick and relatives attending. Several local residents and visitors from nearby towns stopped by relatives here through the week, including Bidwells, Coffmans, Cook family, Wikoffs, and others visiting or returning home.
Havre reports show Mrs. Walter Gardner visiting, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Minner and daughter from New York called on Harry Bishop, cement work by John Zieglowsky, and Washington visitors Clem Edgar and Palmer Shilling at Wm McBride. M M Flynn raises his house with a basement for winter. The Bishops host relatives from Lenox Iowa as Lillian Dunbar, Margery Dunbar, and Lafayette Klopfenstein attend area events.
Mr and Mrs Howard Sigafoose and daughter Jean visited the Walter Gardner home on Thursday. St Pauls ladies aid met with Mrs Joehn Bear in Washington for an all day gathering. John Weerman and sister Weebee returned from a trip to Illinois. Mr and Mrs John Warnock called on Harry Bishop recently.
Miss Myrtle Orris and Miss FE Grace Jones are to Cedar Falls next week. Rev G N Pool travels to Ottumwa for conference. Williams and Roberts of Chicago visited this week. Mrs Flora Hoover of Albia visits. A family reunion at the Moorhead home includes many relatives from Detroit to Washington. Jess Curtis is injured at Home Lumber Co after a horse kick breaking his leg above the knee. Oral Conrad returns to work after knee injury.
Columbus Junction reports enrollment of 376 across all grades with seniors 30 juniors 35 sophomores 35 freshmen 36 junior high 96 and grades 135. Local residents hunt rabid squirrels as precaution with several shot but no bites in ten days. Community updates include residents moving in and visiting relatives, a Lewis family reunion at Chautauqua park, and a Boy Scout fundraiser netting 46. A local couple married at Rock Island will reside there. Funeral services for Edgar Gee noted.
A 70 year old former Cedar Rapids resident died Wednesday afternoon in Cedar Rapids. A widow, two daughters, a son and five grandchildren survive. Andy Shipman, Civil War veteran, died at his Sully home on August 29, a former resident here. His wife had died years earlier. Surviving is son Verne of Sully.
Mrs John Godlove Haskins reports a Labor Day visit by Floyd Butt and family to Columbus City and Cherwinker home. OsKaloosa fair attendance notes and new teacher Miss O Holland. Ladies M E church group hosted a pot luck dinner at James Cherwinker home with social activities and work.
Noble Mrs J A Frey hosts and visits with relatives while Archbald Ohio and Wayland Iowa guests travel through Kalona Muscatine and Hutchinson. Families including Eicher Wittmer Frey and Rinner share dinners and calls as community members attend church events and a Mennonite Sunday school workday.
Community notes describe improving harvests and fair attendance after an early threshing season. Residents mentioned include James Chalonpa with a fair yield, Mrs Willard Hamilton and daughters visiting Aurora, Illinois, and visits from Mr and Mrs Chas Fresemer of Chicago.
Ralph Ashbys and Charles Ashbys report busy state fair club work. Mrs Earl Booth and children visit with Miss Clara Byers this week. A joint meeting of lines 42 22 and 34 was held at the Prank Stransky home Monday evening. An other meeting is set for Friday evening at the same place. The L A S meets with Mrs Iona Oldfield Thursday. Mr and Mrs Carl D Andersons visited Vincent Biliel Sunday.
Glendale notes describe a Friday watermelon party for about 50 members of Earl Galloway and wife’s Sabbath school class. Updates include local residents Charlie Wylie and family returning from Ohio, Milo Weaver’s appendicitis operation recovery, Eli Jackson’s windmill tower, and school openings at Glendale and Spread Eagle with teachers Madelon Givens and Gertrude Anderson respectively. The wedding of Miss Bessie Swift to Leon Beneitier is noted, and Mrs. Speidel is home-bound with hay fever.
Riverside dispatch reports the Riverside oatmeal mill, idle since September, with uncertainty about its future operations and possible shutdown plans. Local officials and workers await clarity on the mill’s status and potential reopen date.
The Piper Milling Co of Cedar Rapids and Wilder-Muriel interests have taken over the Cedar Rapids plant and appointed Charle Swift to manage. Workers have spent the past month preparing equipment for operation with new electric machinery, grain unloading device, and motor car-mover. A custom milling service will begin once installation completes. Family news mentions Ed Schneider and son Duane visiting Omaha and Lincoln, and trips by Robt Heitzman to West Bend and nearby towns. Wm KE Horrell of Mitchell SD as guests of Wm O’Loughts, plus Mrs William Cress and daughter visiting Sumner Iowa.
Mrs M. Maxwell reports Braden activities including McCall Berkshire digging a cellar for Donald Smith and plans for a new kitchen. Mrs Sam Witting visited Washington with her parents, new project leader Mrs Claude McCoy asks to start art craft lessons, Pauline Smith began duties at Valley School, and Braden club held its regular meeting with multiple attendees at the training school in Washington.
The Crawfordsville region reports a club meeting at Mrs Viola Smith's home on September 4 with many members present and one visitor. Local school routes resume with Vaughn and Merl Smith among the two routes. Oscar Hughes and family visited the Boyd Twinam home, and Grover Booth shelled corn for the Crawfordsville elevator. John McCall attended the Ferrison reunion in West Chester with family, marking his first outing in a long time. Mrs. Merl Smith returned from the teachers convention in Wapell to resume her teaching duties near Gladwin.
Berni CC hosted daytime visitors Miss Louise Brecht at the Dusenbery home where sisters Brecht and Dusenbery shared time. The So and Sew Circle met at Lawrence Mottet's with nine members. a sunny afternoon followed. Dennison and Durst families hosted Roy Gardner and Walter Bauer at Sunset Park for a picnic honoring Bernice Gardner bound for Cedar Falls Iowa.
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